University of Madras alumni

Indian physicist (1888–1970)

Indian mathematician (1887–1920)

Indian chess grandmaster

Indian scientist and statesman (1931–2015)

Indian-American astrophysicist

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952. He was also the vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1939 to 1948 and the vice-chancellor of Andhra University from 1931 to 1936. Radhakrishnan is considered one of the most influential and distinguished 20th century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, he held the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta from 1921 to 1932 and Spalding Chair of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford from 1936 to 1952.

Indian politician and 4th president of India (1894-1980)

President of India from 1987 to 1992

Sixth President of India (1913-1996)

President of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022

Indian-American business executive and former CEO of PepsiCo (born 1955)

Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)

Indian actor

Indian film director

Trisha Krishnan is an Indian actress known for her work primarily in Tamil and Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, she has sustained a successful career as a leading actress for over two decades in Tamil cinema. Trisha gained prominence after winning the 1999 Miss Chennai pageant, which marked her entry into cinema. Often referred to as the "Queen of South India", she has received numerous accolades, including five Filmfare Awards South, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award and a Nandi Award.

Indian actor and playback singer

Indian agronomist (1925–2023)

Indian mathematician and librarian (1892–1972)

Indian-American mathematician (1940–)

Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore

Indian-American computer scientist

Indian physicist (1931–2018)

8th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Indian-American neuroscientist

Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist

Indian entrepreneur

Indian tennis player

Indian film writer and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1909-1969)

Indian politician

India's 1st Chief of Defence Staff, former COAS

Indian politician (1896-1974)

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary in Hindi language. He pioneered modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in fiction, criticism and journalism. He is regarded as the pioneer of the Prayogavaad (experimentalism) movement in modern Hindi literature.

Indian Hindu spiritual teacher (1916-1993)

Kannada film actor

Indian tennis player

Indian politician (1910-2000)

Indian nuclear scientist (1925-2004)

Indian space scientist (1932–2017)

Ajit Kumar Doval is an Indian bureaucrat, spymaster and retired police and intelligence officer who has been serving as the longest tenured National Security Advisor of India (NSA) since 2014. Doval is serving his third consecutive five-year term as NSA. During his second tenure he was given Cabinet rank. Doval previously held the position of Director of the Intelligence Bureau from 2004 to 2005, after leading its operations wing for over a decade. He worked as a career intelligence officer for over 33 years. He is recognized for his contributions to counter-terrorism and covert missions.

Indian mathematician

Indian scientist (1922-2001)

Indian academic (1941–2010)

Catholic cardinal (1912–1987)

Indian actor (1920–2005)

Indian mathematician (1932–2021)

Indian civil servant and jurist (1887-1953)

Indian dancer

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Thoothukkudi constituency in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India. She was also a former MP who represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's Parliament). Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi for his third wife Rajathi Ammal.

Indian Kathak dancer

Second Field marshal of the Indian Army (1899-1993)

Indian revolutionary (1880–1937)

Indian journalist

Telugu writer and Poet (1862-1915)

Indian civil servant

Indian film editor

Indian gynecologist, obstetrician and the first female Surgeon General in India.

Indian mathematician and professor at ETH Zürich (1920–2017)

Indian mathematician (1918-2000)

Indian academic

Indian dancer